370 Drs. Dixey and Longstaff’s Observations 
Park :—a black Pentatomid with red-tipped antenne, 
Aspongopus lividus, Dist., and a large Coreid, Carlisis 
wahlbergi, Stoll, dark brown with red-ringed antenne, 
a very striking thing on the wing, but very stinking in 
the net. 
On Sept. 27, by the kindness of Mr. John Wood, 
accompanied by Mr. Rattray we spent a very pleasant 
afternoon on the NAHOON RIVER, a few miles to the north- 
east of the town. We were somewhat late in the day and 
a strong wind was another adverse condition, so that we 
got very few butterflies. 
On the island where we lunched Belenois severina, Cram., 
was abundant, and Mylothris riippellii, Koch, the only 
representative of the genus, was common ; Pinacopteryx 
charina, Boisd., Eronia cleodora, Hiibn., and Atella phalanta, 
Dru., also occurred. A geometer, LHetropis spoliataria, 
Walk.,a small Noctua, Metachrostis corniculans, Wallgr.,and 
a very handsome Agaristid, Xanthospilopteryx africana, 
Butl., taken off a tree-trunk, completed the Lepidoptera on 
the island. Sunning itself on another tree-trunk close by 
was a beautiful green Hymenopteron, Ampulex mutilloides, 
Kohl, 2. Mr. Rattray caught a specimen of the scarlet 
Braconid, Zphiaulax whitei, Cameron, which appears to be 
common in South Africa. 
Mr. Wood set a stalwart Kaffir to work with an axe to 
hack to pieces dead trees. This did not prove a very 
productive operation ; moreover of the creatures found but 
a small proportion have yet been named. Among the 
beetles were single specimens of the Longicorn, Promecidus 
chalybeatus, White; the Sternoxid Alaus merens, Germ., 
and a species of Notiophygus. Blatte were numerous, Mr. 
R. Shelford has named for us Hypospheria stylifera, Burm., 
immature ; Derocalymna ? brunneriana, Costa, several; also 
Pseudoderopeltis albilatera, Stal., two specimens, and P. 
wahlbergi, Stal. a male. Bugs were represented by a 
singularly flat form, well adapted to its life under bark. 
It goes without saying that woodlice were plentiful. 
Taking a boat the Kaffir pulled us a mile or two down 
the river and we landed on the eastern bank, where rich 
flowery meadows promised great things, but the rising of 
the wind and the lateness of the hour led to disappointment. 
A single Zeracolus achine, Cram., 3, a Boarmid moth, 
Osteodes turbulenta, Guen., and a Pyrale, Antigastra 
morysalis, Walk., were the only Lepidoptera that we brought 
